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1991 |
Britain’s Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA), a statutory body, was created under the Human Fertilization and Embryology Act (1990). This was the world’s first regulator in the new field of assisted reproduction. Links: Britain, Medical 
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1992 Jan 6 |
The US Food and Drug Administration called on surgeons to stop using silicone gel breast implants because of safety questions, but stopped short of an outright ban. Links: USA, Medical, FDA
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1992 Jan 21 |
The US Supreme Court agreed to review a Pennsylvania law imposing waiting periods and other restrictions on abortions. The court later upheld most of the restrictions while reaffirming women's constitutional right to abortion. Links: USA, Pennsylvania, Medical, Supreme Court
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1992 Feb 6 |
President George H.W. Bush unveiled a health care plan for most Americans. Links: USA, Medical, BushHW
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1992 Feb 26 |
The Supreme Court of Ireland cleared the way for a 14-year-old girl to leave the country for an abortion. Links: Ireland, Medical
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1992 Apr 5 |
In Washington, D.C., a crowd estimated by authorities at half a million marched in support of abortion rights. Links: USA, Medical, DC
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1992 Apr 22 |
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Pennsylvania's restrictive abortion law. The court upheld most of the law's provisions the following June, but also reaffirmed a woman's basic right to an abortion. Links: USA, Pennsylvania, Medical
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1992 May 1 |
It was reported in the WSJ that a new study indicated that peptic ulcers were caused by a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori. Links: Microbiology, Medical
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1992 May 28 |
The US House of Representatives voted to lift a ban on using aborted fetuses for tissue transplantation research, but the tally fell short of a veto-proof majority. Links: USA, Medical
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1992 Jun 28 |
A 35-year-old man at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center became the first recipient of a baboon liver transplant; he lived 10 more weeks. Links: USA, Pennsylvania, Medical, Primates
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1992 Sep 6 |
An unidentified 35-year-old man who was the recipient of a transplanted baboon liver died at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 10 weeks after receiving the organ. Links: USA, Pennsylvania, Medical, Primates
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1992 Sep 22 |
President Bush vetoed a family and medical leave bill. A similar legislation was later enacted. Links: USA, Medical, BushHW
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1992 Oct 4 |
In the Netherlands an Israeli El Al Jumbo Jet transport, enroute from New York to Tel Aviv, crashed into an Amsterdam apartment complex and killed 43 people. Since then scores of people complained of unidentified health problems. In 1998 it was revealed that the jet carried 50 gallons of dimethyl methylphosphonate, a non-poisonous ingredient of sarin nerve gas, destined for Israel. A report on the crash was released in 1999 and said that the plane's ballast included carcinogenic depleted uranium. Links: Netherlands, Air Crash, Israel, Medical
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1992 Nov 30 |
The U.S. Supreme Court sustained women's basic right to abortion, voting 6-3 against reviving a 1990 Guam law that would have prohibited nearly all such procedures. Links: USA, Medical, Guam, Supreme Court
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1992 Dec 7 |
The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a Mississippi abortion law that required women to get counseling and then wait 24 hours before terminating their pregnancies. Links: USA, Medical, Mississippi, Supreme Court
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1992 |
The film "Lorenzo’s Oil" starred Peter Ustinov, Nick Nolte and Laura Linney. It was based on the true story of Augusto Odone and his wife Michaela, whose son Lorenzo became ill at age 6 with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). Links: Medical, Film
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1992 |
The California Wellness Foundation was established to improve the health of state residents. It focused on inner-city violence as a preventable health problem. Links: USA, California, Medical
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1992 |
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to Edwin G. Krebs of the US and Edmund H. Fischer (US & Switz.) for discoveries concerning the process of reversible protein phosphorylation that helped explain how imbalances in cells caused diseases. Links: USA, Switzerland, Nobel Prize, Medical
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1992 |
The Family and Medical Leave Act was passed by the US Congress. Links: USA, Medical
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1992 |
The US federal government began to require medical personnel to wear protective equipment against blood-borne viruses. Links: USA, Microbiology, Medical
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1992 |
Pfizer Corp. received FDA approval for the antibiotic Zithromax. Links: USA, Medical, FDA
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1992 |
Fen-phen, a combination of fenfluramine and phentermine, began to be prescribed for weight loss by American Home Products. A wrongful death suit due to pulmonary complications was filed in 1997. A class action suit later resulted with 300,000 plaintiffs. In 2001 Alicia Mundy authored "Dispensing with the Truth," story of how the cases developed. Links: USA, Medical
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1992 |
The U of M Institute for Social Research (ISR) began its Health and Retirement study and the study of Assets and Health Dynamics, biannual surveys that tracked the health, wealth, work and family relationships of Americans over 50. Links: USA, Medical, Michigan
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1992 1993 |
In the US an AMA study showed that doctors in group practice began to outnumber solo practitioners about this time. Links: USA, Medical
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1992 1995 |
In the Pacific Northwest a series of arson fires at abortion clinics that caused over $1 million in damage was later attributed to Richard Thomas Andrews of Wenatchee, Wa. Andrews was arrested Jun 26, 1996 and pleaded guilty in 1998. Links: USA, Medical, Fire
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1992 |
Australia’s High Court made the sterilization of retarded girls illegal if not medically required, unless a court or tribunal approved it. Links: Australia, Medical, Sociology
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1992 |
Scientists at Novartis synthesized the compound that would become Gleevec (Glivec). It had been identified as promising compound for treating leukemia. In 2001, the US FDA approved Gleevec for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Links: USA, Switzerland, Medical, Cancer, FDA
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1992 |
Ireland’s Supreme Court ruling found abortion should be legalized for situations when the woman's life is at risk from continuing the pregnancy. However five following governments since have refused to pass a law resolving the confusion. In 2010 the European Court of Human Rights called on Ireland to clarify its abortion law. Links: Ireland, Women, Medical
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1993 Jan 10 |
An unidentified 62-year-old man at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center underwent the world's second baboon liver transplant. The man died less than a month later without regaining full consciousness. Links: Pennsylvania, Medical, Animal
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1993 Mar 3 |
Albert Sabin (86), physician, developer of the oral polio vaccine, died in Washington. Links: USA, Microbiology, Medical, Polio
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1993 Mar 10 |
Dr. David Gunn (47) was shot to death outside a Pensacola, Fla., abortion clinic by Michael Griffin, who was convicted and sentenced to life. Links: USA, Medical, Florida
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1993 Mar 23 |
Scientists announced they'd found the renegade gene that causes Huntington's disease. Links: Medical, DNA
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1993 May 26 |
In what amounted to a sales pitch for health reform, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton denounced price gougers and profiteers in medicine before an enthusiastic audience of union activists in Washington, D.C. Links: USA, Medical, DC, ClintonB
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1993 Jul 23 |
US Surgeon General-designate Joycelyn Elders stuck by her firm stands on sex education and AIDS prevention in a one-day confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. Links: USA, Medical, Sex
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1993 Aug 19 |
Dr. George Tiller was shot and wounded outside an abortion clinic in Wichita, Kan., by Rachelle Shannon. Shannon was later sentenced to eleven years in prison and also ordered to serve 20 additional years for arson and acid attacks at abortion clinics in Oregon, California and Nevada. Links: USA, Kansas, Medical, Murder
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1993 Aug 20 |
Conjoined twins Angela and Amy Lakeberg were separated at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in an operation that sacrificed Amy, since the sisters shared a common heart and liver tissue. Angela died in June 1994. Links: USA, Pennsylvania, Medical
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1993 Sep 7 |
Dr. Joycelyn Elders was confirmed by the Senate to be surgeon general. Links: USA, Medical
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1993 Sep 8 |
Joycelyn Elders, M.D., appointed by Pres. Clinton, became the US Surgeon General. She was released Dec 31, 1994, after espousing studies on masturbation and drug legalization. In 1996 she published her autobiography. Links: USA, Medical, ClintonB
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1993 Oct 27 |
President Clinton presented a revised version of his health care reform plan to Congress, urging its passage within a year. Links: USA, Medical, ClintonB
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1993 Nov 1 |
In an address to pediatricians, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton accused insurance companies of waging a deceitful campaign against the administration's health plan. Links: USA, Medical, ClintonB
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1993 Nov 3 |
President Clinton joined his wife, Hillary, in attacking the health insurance industry. The lobby, accused by the first lady of lying, unveiled a new TV ad repeating there must be a "better way" than the Clinton health care reform plan. Links: USA, Medical, ClintonB
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1993 Nov 16 |
The US Senate voted, 69-30, to approve a measure designed to protect people who provide or seek abortions from physical attacks or intimidation by abortion opponents. Links: USA, Medical
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1993 Dec 7 |
US Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders suggested that the government study the impact of drug legalization. Links: USA, Medical, Drugs
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1993 Dec 25 |
In London, an unidentified 59-year-old woman who'd been implanted with donated eggs gave birth to twins in a case that sparked controversy. Links: Britain, Medical
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1993 |
James Hanken and Brian K. Hall wrote "The Skull," a 3-volume scientific reference work. Links: USA, Medical, Books
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1993 |
The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) was founded in Chicago. Links: USA, Chicago, Medical
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1993 |
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to Richard J. Roberts of Britain and Philip A. Sharp of the US for discovery of split genes that changed how scientists look at evolution and advanced research on hereditary diseases, including some cancers. Links: Britain, USA, Nobel Prize, Medical, BioTech
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1993 |
Pres. Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act. It granted workers 24 hours a year of unpaid leave to handle family matters. In 2003 the US Supreme Court allowed state employees to sue for denial of unpaid family leave. Links: USA, Medical, ClintonB
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1993 |
Doctors at Duke, Mass. Gen’l. Hosp. and Northwestern Univ. announced that they had isolated the gene that causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Links: USA, Massachusetts, Medical
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1993 |
Joseph Paul Jernigan, a convicted murderer, was executed in Huntsville, Texas. He donated his body to medical research and it was quick frozen, sliced, photographed and computer enhanced and used to make the 1997 CD Body Voyage. Links: USA, Medical, Texas
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The US FDA approved Risperdal, made by Johnson & Johnson, to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in adults. In 2006 approval was expanded to help treat autism in children. Links: USA, Medical, Pharma
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1993 |
A family in the Netherlands was found to have an abnormally high number of violent criminals. The criminal members were found to have a faulty gene that caused the absence of the enzyme monoamine oxidase A, an enzyme that regulates a group of neurotransmitters including serotonin and dopamine. Both of these were important for emotional responses. Links: Netherlands, Medical, Brain, Psychology
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1993 |
Dr. Sherwin Nuland authored “How We Die.” Links: Medical, Books
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1994 Jan 24 |
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that protesters who block access to abortion clinics or in other ways conspire to stop women from having abortions may be sued under federal anti-racketeering statutes. Links: USA, Medical, Supreme Court
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1994 Feb |
Ethicon Corp. recalled some 2,600 packages of its prolene and silk sutures. In Sept. the company recalled its dissolving Vicryl sutures. The firm later made settlement with at least 22 victims, who blamed the sutures for infections. Links: USA, Medical
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1994 Mar 5 |
A jury in Pensacola, Fla., convicted anti-abortion activist Michael F. Griffin of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Dr. David Gunn; Griffin was sentenced to life in prison. Links: Medical, Murder, Florida
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1994 Apr 26 |
Rachelle "Shelley" Shannon, who admitted shooting and wounding an abortion provider outside his clinic, was sentenced in Wichita, Kan., to nearly 11 years in prison. Links: USA, Kansas, Medical
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1994 Jun 30 |
The US Supreme Court ruled that judges can bar even peaceful demonstrators from getting too close to abortion clinics. Links: USA, Medical, Supreme Court
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1994 Jul 29 |
Abortion opponent Paul Hill (40) shot and killed Dr. John Bayard Britton (69) and Britton's bodyguard, James H. Barrett, outside the Ladies Center clinic in Pensacola, Fla. Hill was later convicted and sentenced to death. Hill was executed Sep 3, 2003. Links: USA, Medical, Florida
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1994 Sep 4 |
On the eve of a U.N.-sponsored conference on population in Cairo, Egypt, Vice President Al Gore told NBC the United States was seeking a blueprint for world population growth that rejected abortion as a family planning tool and an international right. Links: USA, Medical
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